Lee Hodgson, who owns Domain Guru, talks about shutting down ValuableNames.com and where he sees value in the domain name market. Depending on whom you asked, Lee Hodgson was either the greatest guy in the world or the bane of your existence in 2001. ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Domain Name News Bytes – June 11, 2007
· Domain Registrars, Domain Sales, Expired Domains, ServicesThere's so much going on with domains right now...here's a summary of news that has slipped through the cracks. Yet Another article from the mainstream press titled "Masters of their Domains". Seriously, someone should have trademarked that term. ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Oversee.net To Acquire SnapNames
· Expired DomainsDomain company Oversee.net buys expired domain leader SnapNames. Just a few short years ago SnapNames was selling expired domains for $60 each. As it pushed for the domain wait listing service it would have been a political problem to use competitors' ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Survey: SnapNames Still Tops for Expired Domains
· Domain Registrars, Expired DomainsSnapNames is the most popular expired domain marketplace with 47% of the vote. You probably don't need a survey to tell you which expired domain service is most popular. Just look at the 100 biggest domain sales of 2006: 15 of them are from SnapNames, ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Expired Domain Name? Unexpected Check.
· Expired DomainsThe original registrant of an expired domain name at Network Solutions gets a check in the mail. I just read a good post from Domainer's Gazette, a new domain name blog. (It's great to see the myriad of new blogs related to domain names. Each has its ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Chinese Domain Owners Lose .Coms Because of Earthquakes
· Expired DomainsChina is reporting that Chinese citizens lost 10,000 domain names due to expiration lapses because of communications problems. China's state run press says that earthquakes off Taiwan last month severed a communication to the internet. As a result, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
SnapNames to auction off non-expiring domains
· Domain Sales, Expired DomainsSnapNames, the most popular expiring domain marketplace, will begin auctioning off domains that aren't expiring. Expiring domains sell for a premium at SnapNames, thanks to auction frenzy. Domains that receive little attention while they are ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Kansas county lets domain name lapse
· Expired DomainsReno County in Kansas didn't renew its domain name, creating headaches for its operations. It's a good thing Reno County is a small county. (The rural Kansas county had about 65,000 residents in 2000.) If it were larger, you can imagine the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
It’s official: GoDaddy cans premium auctions
· Domain Registrars, Expired DomainsGoDaddy confirms it is no longer offering premium auctions on its TDNAM service. On Monday I wrote about how TDNAM appeared to no longer offer premium auctions. I wasn't able to get a clear answer from GoDaddy support, but today I received a response ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Where are TDNAM’s Premium Auctions?
· Domain Registrars, Expired DomainsGoDaddy's TDNAM premium auctions have disappeared. And so has GoDaddy's support. On August 11 I wrote about how GoDaddy was offering "premium auctions" on its TDNAM domain aftermarket. All of the domains in the premium category had traffic and most ... Continue Reading6 Comments
